Enforcer Manual
Chapter 206: From the Underground_1

Chapter 206: Chapter 206: From the Underground_1

After several days of adjustment, Ge Fu’s shop had been completely transformed into a workshop. As soon as he entered, one could see Horn Bugs resting in various places, and parts for prosthetic implantation scattered all around. Currently, all the transplanting and production were being done by him alone.

"The surveillance footage? Did it capture the person you mentioned?"

After checking each room carefully, Lu Xiang asked.

"This is the strangest part," Ge Fu said, "I immediately accessed the shop’s surveillance footage after that creature left, but it captured nothing—not even the workshop."

He had personally seen the Horn Bugs communicating with a bizarre humanoid creature.

"Here, this is the footage."

Before meeting with Lu Xiang, Ge Fu saved the relevant segment of the footage on the computer.

From the footage, no suspicious individuals appeared in the workshop, but the King Bug in the ecological container indeed seemed to have been summoned at 4:07 AM. It rose up and went to the side of the ecological chamber, as if staring at some invisible entity.

While the Horn Bugs could understand Ge Fu’s commands, there were still many difficulties in communication feedback, and he was unable to directly ask what the entity communicating with the King Bug was.

"Visible to the naked eye, yet not captured by surveillance cameras... there are actually quite a few technologies that can do this."

For Lu Xiang, this was a compulsory course in the stealth infiltration classes back at school. The textbook mentioned many gadgets that could evade surveillance cameras, but considering Ge Fu’s description, things became even more perplexing.

The entity that infiltrated his workshop had a humanoid silhouette with wings similar to those of a Horn Bug and seemed to have reinforced tendons. In her knowledge, she had never heard of such a creature.

Thus, Lu Xiang suspected it might be another product similar to the CTEA-32 injection—and the effects seemed superior, as it preserved a degree of consciousness, preventing the injected person from instantly turning into a killing machine.

Before long, she received a covert glance from Song Lan and then spoke up, "I have a rough idea now. We’ll increase patrols in this area later, and the Horn Bugs will ensure your safety... Get some good sleep for now, and leave the rest to us."

It had been less than a week, and Ge Fu’s hair loss issue had worsened.

Originally, there were a few "weeds" left on his male-pattern baldness, but after several days of all-nighters, that thin layer of "weeds" had also dissipated in the wind.

Now, he had successfully crossed the boundary of being 40 years old and stepped into the threshold of 50.

Even the retired old men in their yard looked more spirited than Ge Fu.

Lu Xiang had to emphasize that she was not a heartless capitalist, exploiting Ge Fu to his limits, denying him even sleep. On the contrary, she had given him a great deal of freedom, and hadn’t even imposed strict demands on his work progress.

Ge Fu planned his own research and development pace, and his current cyborg Horn Bug army was already fully sufficient.

"No, help me up, I can still work,"

Ge Fu staggered to his feet. Yesterday’s design for the remote guidance weapon was only half-finished, how could he rest now?

Under his prosthetic implantation technology, the close combat abilities of the Horn Bugs had taken a qualitative leap; the improvements to their pincers allowed them to induce an electric shock in their targets upon cutting into human flesh, causing immediate unconsciousness.

But still, it was far from enough.

What if he equipped an army that already possessed powerful close combat weapons with remote guidance weapons?

He could fully imagine an elite force capable of striking from both near and far, sharing a single brain without any coordination errors. Though this force was entirely made up of insects, it would be far stronger than those crappy projects from his former company!

Seeing Ge Fu’s disregard for life and death, Lu Xiang could only sigh deeply.

She raised her right hand, pointing behind Ge Fu.

"Look over there."

Ge Fu turned his head in a daze, and before he could see what was behind him, he felt a pain in his neck and then lost consciousness.

Song Lan, who had witnessed the whole process, was left dumbfounded by the efficiency of that karate chop.

He subconsciously touched his own neck.

Back at home, Lu Xiang had shown her quite a few hypnosis techniques.

For instance, cleaning ears while resting one’s head on her lap, or massaging the head, but none were as directly effective as this karate chop.

"Don’t worry, this will just put him to sleep."

Lu Xiang explained to Song Lan while hefting the sleeping Ge Fu like a sack of potatoes.

In fact, of all the hypnosis methods, she was most skilled at physical hypnosis. When faced with escorted targets who were non-compliant and headstrong, she would get the chance to practice this skill. After prolonged refinement, her control over her strength could be called precise.

She could make sure the target fell asleep without causing any actual harm.

One minute later, the workaholic Ge Fu lay peacefully in his bed, the karate chop ensuring he would sleep until the next morning.

"Tell me, what have you found?"

After casually tucking him in, Lu Xiang asked.

Song Lan had previously given her a meaningful look, surely he had discovered something as only he could communicate deeply with the King Bug.

"I discovered that your karate chop is pretty formidable."

It might even compare with his Invincible Universe-dubbed Heart-Piercing Karate Chop.

"I’m talking about serious matters."

Lu Xiang gave him a look and feigned a fierce expression, shaking her right hand, "What, do you want to try it out?"

"No thanks, I still prefer gentler ways to help with sleep."

Song Lan said, "King Bug just mentioned, indeed someone had come to see it, but it was visited by a Horn Bug of the same kind, belonging to... a rather special individual."

These were King Bug’s exact words.

But to Song Lan, this was beyond being just ’special.’

"This special individual doesn’t belong to their tribe and even declined the invitation it offered. She asked many questions about the current situation of the Horn Bug tribe and escaped underground at once when discovered by Ge Fu."

"So, you’re saying someone has, in some way, made the Horn Bug mistake her for one of its own kind?"

Lu Xiang preferred to consider means that could be possibly achieved, rather than the too-far-fetched scenario of a Horn Bug evolving into a human.

In fact, pheromone technology already existed, developed for common mutant organisms by genetic research companies in the core zones.

The main purpose of pheromones was to allow researchers to disguise themselves as members of mutant organism tribes, thus infiltrating their habitats for in-depth sampling and investigation.

Even so, this remained a risky job, with hundreds dying each year during the sampling and investigation process.

"That’s what I think, too."

Song Lan nodded.

He immediately thought of Medea, the only gene researcher in the files who might have been in District Seventeen, and she also carried the title of insect research expert.

"Perhaps she came here to investigate after realizing the changes in the Horn Bugs in this city."

"Is there a way to find her through the King Bug?"

"King Bug said she’s very good at concealing herself, and it’s very possible she’s staying underground. In fact, she dived into the ground to escape after Ge Fu discovered her."

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